Julf wrote: > Indeed, the tests in that specific thread are not very interesting as > such: What they might show, and I assume that is why you posted the > link, is that some differences might be extremely small, and require a > lot of training and concentration to pick out. I guess the > non-audiophile in me tends to go "and if the differences are that small, > does it actually matter?", as in "does a difference so small that I have > to go through extreme measures to hear it actually affect my enjoyment > of the music?". Well this guy, ultmusisnob, stated that he had a decided preference for high-res material in his "normal" sighted listening. The ABX test results & his description of the necessary training, focus & attention needed to produce positive ABX results show a number of things. Your interpretation is just one such angle, another would be that what is easily differentiated in long-term listening becomes very difficult to differentiate in this form of testing & requires some very specific techniques & test matrial to do so i.e it is a reflection on the test itself rather than on the material being tested.
Some of this he summarises in his post > -Summary to this point:- > > -The effect being heard in foobar ABX testing here has been robustly > detected:- > -1) In popular music (2 different songs), dense textures - > -2) In classical music, more transparent textures- > -3) With default iZotope SRC values (32 filter, 175 alias suppression)- > -4) With "highest quality" SRC values (150 filter, 200 alias > suppression)- > -5) Using high quality headphones through high quality headphone amp out > of high quality interface (RME Babyface)- > -6) Using cheap earphone plugs driven by generic motherboard audio chips > from garden variety [Dell] desktop PC- > > -NOTE: The above results contribute ***nothing*** to the established > science of 192/24 versus 44.1/16 and human hearing. - > > -They do establish that whatever I am detecting in these file pairs is > robust to a wide range of conditions: equipment, program content, and > SRC algorithm settings. - > > -They do establish that when I say, "It sounds better to me", I am > reporting a provable reality, not a placebo effect.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
